Washing apparatus.



, 110.745.6230. PATBNTED DEC. 1, 1903..

W. A. & 0. M. HUFFMAN.

' WASHING APPARATUS.

, APPLICATION FILED KY3. 22. 1903.

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lNrrnn STATES i atented Ibecember i, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILIAM ANTHONY HUFFMAN AND OSCAR MOSES HUFFMAN, OF EOTOR, TEXAS.

WASHING APPARATUS.

'51ECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,620, datedDecember 1, 1903.

Application filed April 22, 1903. Eerial No. 153,825. (No model.)

To rrZZ whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that we, WILIAM An'rnonv HUFFMAN and OSCAR Moses HUFFMAN,citizens of the United States, residing at Ector, in the county ofFannin and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful WashingApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for washing clothes, more particularlyto that class of devices wherein the hot water and steam are caused toautomatically circulate through the clothes, and has for its object tosimplify and improve devices of this character and cheapen theconstruction and increase the efficiency; and the invention consists incertain novel features of the construction, as hereinafter shown anddescribed, and specified in the claim.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which correspondingparts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is asectional side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the cover removed.Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the cover member.

The improved device consists of a tub or receptacle 10, of sheet metal,of sufficient strength to withstand the strains to which it will besubjected and of any suitable size and adapted to be placed upon a stoveor other heating medium; The receptacle is provided with a cover 11,preferably conical and rising above the receptacle, as shown. The coverwill be provided with a depending supporting-rim 12 of the usual form,and will also be provided at or near its bottom with a transverseperforated diaphragm 13, having a depending tubular member 16 andforming a compartment 14 within the cover above the receptacle. Inthebottom of the receptacle a dome-shaped false bottom 17 is supportedand preferably made conical in shape, with its edges disposed in closeproximity to the sides of the receptacle and having a tubular spout 18extending upwardly and telescopically engaging the tubular member 16 ofthe top, whereby the compartment 14 and the compartment or chamber 19,formed below the false bottom 17, are united. Within the chamber formedby the false bottom is disposed a-t ransverse imperforate diaphragm 20,spaced from the bottom of the receptacle to form a relatively shallowcompartment 21 at the bottom of the vessel 10. The false bottom 17 isprovided with spaced apertures 22, leading into the compartment 21, andsimilar apertures 23, leading into the compartment 19; but the diaphragm20 is without perforations, as above noted; When thus constructed andassembled, with the clothes and water disposed in the receptacle,together with the necessary soap or other cleansing compound, and heatapplied, as fast as steam is generated the water will flow rapidlythrough the apertures 23 and tubular sections 16 18 into the compartment14 and return through the perforations 15 and thence continuouslycirculate through the clothes, as will be obvious, and thoroughlycleanse them, the imperforate diaphragm 20 forming a shallowwatercompartment at the bottom of the receptacle directly over theheating medium to provide for the maximum generation of steam with theminimum of heat, which is an important feature when an expensive fuel isused.

The cover member 11 and the receptacle 10 will be provided with theusual handles, whereby the device may be easily handled.

The diaphragms 13 and 20 may be detachably connected to cover 11 andbottom 17, so that they may be removed when the interior of the coverand casing require cleansing.

The whole device is very simple in construction, easily operated, andwill most effectually perform the work required.

What we claim is- A washer comprising a receptacle having anupwardlyextending cone shaped cover member provided with a transverselyarranged perforated diaphragm forming a compartment within said cover,said diaphragm having a tubular member depending from the centerthereof, a cone-shaped perforated false bottom disposed within saidreceptacle with a tubular member extending upwardly from the apexthereof and "telescopically engaging the tubular member of said cover,and our own We have hereto affixed our signatures an imperfoi'atediaphragm arranged transin the presence of two witnesses.

versely within said cone-shaped false bottom v at an intermediate pointto form a chamber 3 g 3g%F g above and one below it, said false bottomhaving perforations therein beneath said dia- Witnesses: phragm. M. L. GUNN,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as W. P. KANTZ.

